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The Wiscasset line had an interesting corporate history which meant that the company changed its name several times, so that the equipment was re-lettered and occasionally re-numbered throughout the period of operations. The first table below shows the numbers that the passenger stock carried at various times as well the eventual disposal.

First number

Build date

Style

W&Q #

1895-1901

WW&F Railroad #

1901-1906

WW&F Railway #

1906-1916

WW&F Railway #

1916-1933

Notes

1

1894

Baggage/Mail/Express

1

1

1

1

2

1894

Coach

2

2

2

11

3

1894

Coach

3

3

3

Sold to B&SR 1912

4

1894

Smoker/Combine

4

4

Destroyed by fire 1901

5

1901

Coach (Vassalboro)

5

5

12

6

1901

Combine (Taconnet)

6

6

2

7

1901

Excursion

7

7 (*)

3

Converted to Combine 1907

The table below uses the first number of the table above to simplify entries.

Wiscasset Passenger cars Rev 0 08-12-2013

RR

#

Type

Model Builder

Notes

Current status

Builder

Date

WW&F

WW&F

1

Combine

Deerfield River(**/#)

scrapped 1937

scrapped 1937

Jackson & Sharp

1894

WW&F

2

Coach

Deerfield River(*/**/#)

re-num to #11

scrapped after 1933

Jackson & Sharp

1894

WW&F

3

Coach

Deerfield River(*/**/#)

re-numbered as #10?, then to B&SR, Edaville, Portland & Wiscasset

WW&F Museum as W&Q #3

Jackson & Sharp

1894

WW&F

4

Coach

Deerfield River(*/**/#)

Purchased as a smoking car. Later rebuilt as a combination car

scrapped 1937

Jackson & Sharp

1895

WW&F

5 Vassalboro

Coach

Deerfield River(*/#)

re-num to #12

scrapped 1937

Jackson & Sharp

1901

WW&F

6 Taconnet

Smoker/RPO/Baggage

Deerfield River(*/#)

re-num to #3 (2nd)

scrapped 1937

Jackson & Sharp

1901

WW&F

7

ExcursionCombine

rebuilt in 1906 into a combination RPO and passenger car

scrapped 1937

Jackson & Sharp

1901

Deerfield River Laser make 36 foot Quik-Kits (coded * in this table), 46 foot kits (coded ** in this table) and 6 foot 6 inches wide ends (coded # in this table). See the Deerfield River Laser Two foot page for further details (note that the link below will take you straight to this page, use your browser back arrow to come back here);-